Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:40:35 +0000 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: install-sh - permission denied Message-ID: <7B0CF60D16548E21BB5FED31@utd65257.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <4ADDF3FF.1080705@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <7D877649A63342CB6EBBF48E@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <4ADDF3FF.1080705@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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--On Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:31:43 -0500 Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > Paul Schmehl wrote: >> I'm working on a new port, and I'm getting this error during make install: >> >> test -z "/usr/local/bin" || .././install-sh -c -d "/usr/local/bin" >> .././install-sh: Permission denied >> >> Can anyone tell me why I'm getting this? >> >> My system is 7.2 STABLE >> 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #13: Thu Sep 24 09:02:53 CDT 2009 >> >> Ports are csuped daily. >> > > At a guess, it's because you don't have sufficient permissions to run > .././install-sh with the arguments shown. Now, one fairly obvious reason > why this wouldn't work is that .././install-sh isn't marked executable for > your UID. Judging by the file name, this is a shell script, so also check > that your UID has sufficient permissions to run the shell on the #! line > of the script too. > > I can't really tell just by looking at the command names, but I'm guessing > that this command creates /usr/local/bin as a directory if it doesn't already > exist. Basically an obscurantist and over-engineered way of running a simple: > > # mkdir -p /usr/local/bin > > This is entirely unnecessary when dealing with the ports. You may take it > as read that the basic layout of directories under /usr/local will have been > created for you by using mtree(8) and /etc/mtree/BSD.local.dist > The problem is, I'm doing this as root. :-( -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson
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